Mr. Rubenstein. He was so disgusted and fed up with the whole God damn town, that is why.
Mr. Griffin. He was upset with Dallas?
Mr. Rubenstein. Absolutely.
Mr. Griffin. All right. Tell us what he said that indicated that, and what his earlier problems had been that would have, you know, made him feel that way?
Mr. Rubenstein. Well, he had no problems outside of this union, and the hiring, getting new girls for the show. That he probably could have straightened out eventually; and he was going all right. He was making money, I imagine, because I believe he was paying all his bills. I think he owed Uncle Sam a little money but he straightened that out eventually.
But the fact is that he probably didn’t want to have any connection between a city that murdered his President and him—he just wanted to separate himself from that.
Mr. Griffin. What did he say to you that indicated that?
Mr. Rubenstein. Because he said, “This is a good time for me to sell out and come back up north.”
Mr. Griffin. That is all you can remember him saying?
Mr. Rubenstein. That is all I can remember him saying. He says, he started off, “Can you imagine, can you imagine,” like that, and he sounded like he had tears in his eyes.